excito

See also: excitó

Catalan

Verb

excito

1. first-person singular present indicative of excitar

Latin

Etymology

The frequentative form of exciere (“call out, arouse, excite”), from ex- (“out; forth”) +‎ ciere (“call, summon”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈeks.ki.toː/, [ˈɛks̠kɪt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈeks.t͡ʃi.to/, [ˈɛkst͡ʃit̪o]

Verb

excitō (present infinitive excitāre, perfect active excitāvī, supine excitātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) to call forth: to rouse, awaken, summon
   • Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni, Book VI

     Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.

     A small spark neglected has often roused to a great inferno.

2. (transitive) to bring forth: to raise, build
3. (transitive, figuratively) to bring out: to encourage, revive, excite, stimulate, set in motion

   Synonyms: īnstīgō, īnstinguō, exciō, irrītō, stimulō, sollicitō, percieō, concieō, cieō, concitō, urgeō, impellō, īnflammō, incendō, moveō, mōlior, adhortor, ērigō

   Antonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, restinguō, plācō, coerceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō

4. (transitive, figuratively) to call upon: to cite

Conjugation

Conjugation of excitō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	excitō	excitās	excitat	excitāmus	excitātis	excitant
	imperfect	excitābam	excitābās	excitābat	excitābāmus	excitābātis	excitābant
	future	excitābō	excitābis	excitābit	excitābimus	excitābitis	excitābunt
	perfect	excitāvī	excitāvistī, excitāstī1	excitāvit, excitāt1	excitāvimus, excitāmus1	excitāvistis, excitāstis1	excitāvērunt, excitāvēre, excitārunt1
	pluperfect	excitāveram, excitāram1	excitāverās, excitārās1	excitāverat, excitārat1	excitāverāmus, excitārāmus1	excitāverātis, excitārātis1	excitāverant, excitārant1
	future perfect	excitāverō, excitārō1	excitāveris, excitāris1	excitāverit, excitārit1	excitāverimus, excitārimus1	excitāveritis, excitāritis1	excitāverint, excitārint1
passive	present	excitor	excitāris, excitāre	excitātur	excitāmur	excitāminī	excitantur
	imperfect	excitābar	excitābāris, excitābāre	excitābātur	excitābāmur	excitābāminī	excitābantur
	future	excitābor	excitāberis, excitābere	excitābitur	excitābimur	excitābiminī	excitābuntur
	perfect	excitātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	excitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	excitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	excitem	excitēs	excitet	excitēmus	excitētis	excitent
	imperfect	excitārem	excitārēs	excitāret	excitārēmus	excitārētis	excitārent
	perfect	excitāverim, excitārim1	excitāverīs, excitārīs1	excitāverit, excitārit1	excitāverīmus, excitārīmus1	excitāverītis, excitārītis1	excitāverint, excitārint1
	pluperfect	excitāvissem, excitāssem1	excitāvissēs, excitāssēs1	excitāvisset, excitāsset1	excitāvissēmus, excitāssēmus1	excitāvissētis, excitāssētis1	excitāvissent, excitāssent1
passive	present	exciter	excitēris, excitēre	excitētur	excitēmur	excitēminī	excitentur
	imperfect	excitārer	excitārēris, excitārēre	excitārētur	excitārēmur	excitārēminī	excitārentur
	perfect	excitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	excitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	excitā	—	—	excitāte	—
	future	—	excitātō	excitātō	—	excitātōte	excitantō
passive	present	—	excitāre	—	—	excitāminī	—
	future	—	excitātor	excitātor	—	—	excitantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		excitāre	excitāvisse, excitāsse1	excitātūrum esse	excitārī	excitātum esse	excitātum īrī
participles		excitāns	—	excitātūrus	—	excitātus	excitandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		excitandī	excitandō	excitandum	excitandō	excitātum	excitātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• excitatio

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Gallurese: sciutà
  • Neapolitan: scetare
  • Sassarese: isceddà, isciddà
  • Sicilian: scitare (Calabrian)
• Sardinian:
  • Campidanese: schidai
  • Logudorese: ischidare
  • Nuorese: ischitare
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Occitan: esedar
• Vulgar Latin:
  • ⇒ *dēexcitō (see there for further descendants)
• → Catalan: excitar
• → English: excite
• → Esperanto: eksciti
• → French: exciter
• → Friulian: ecitâ
• → Galician: excitar
• → Italian: eccitare
• → Piedmontese: ecité
• → Portuguese: excitar
• → Romanian: excita
• → Spanish: excitar

References

• “excito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “excito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• excito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make up, stir up a fire: ignem excitare (pro Mur. 25. 51)
    
  • to rouse, wake some one: (e) somno excitare, dormientem excitare
    
  • to elicit loud applause: clamores (coronae) facere, excitare
    
  • to excite emotion: motus excitare in animo (opp. sedare, exstinguere)
    
  • to put a man in a pleasurable frame of mind: animum alicuius ad laetitiam excitare
    
  • to inspire the spiritless and prostrate with new vigour: excitare animum iacentem et afflictum (opp. frangere animum)
    
  • to awaken new hope in some one: ad spem aliquem excitare, erigere
    
  • to rouse a person's suspicions: suspicionem movere, excitare, inicere, dare alicui
    
  • to rouse in some one an enthusiasm for virtue: excitare aliquem ad virtutem
    
  • to arouse some one's lust: libidinem alicuius excitare
    
  • to summon some one from the dead: aliquem ab inferis or a mortuis evocare, excitare (passive ab inferis exsistere)
    
  • to build a tower: turrim excitare, erigere, facere
    
  • to cause a war: bellum facere, movere, excitare
    
  • to incite to valour: ad virtutem excitare, cohortari (or simply adhortari, cohortari)
    
• excito in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “excitare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 273

Portuguese

Verb

excito

1. first-person singular present indicative of excitar

Spanish

Verb

excito

1. first-person singular present indicative of excitar